I have been doing more research on artists who work with dialogical art work. One such group is WochenKlausur. WochenKlausur is an arts collective from Austria. They have done many pieces that deal with soicial and political issues. On such piece was Intervention to Aid Drug Addicted Women. This piece was started on a three hour cruise around lake Zurich in Switzerland. The collective gathered an unlikely group of politians, journalists, sex workers, and activists from Zurich. They were brought together as an intervention to discuss drug policy in the area. By taking the participants out of the normal setting for such debate they were able to get people to speak more honestly and freely and actually were able to address the problem and set up a home for drug addicted women to stay at during the day.
Another Group i am researching is a group from Denmark called Superflex. One of their newest pieces is called Flooded McDonals, a film piece where they flood a convincing life size replica of a McDonalds.
Flooded McDonald's from Superflex on Vimeo.
From What i have researched so far the purpose of these groups is to push and challenge the viewers and participants to question established ideas and push for greated communication between groups.
I have started reading Kester's book Conversation Pieces: Community + Communication in Modern Art, and it is very interesting. Kester presents and discusses various issues facing communicative art and it's aesthetic.
As for my art project itself, i have finally been able to put it together. The dimensions have changed do to the fact that during construction i realized that the piece would inherently exclude some people because the writing surface was too high for kids and people under a certain height. I am really pleased to how the frame work came together and am excited to unveil it and see how it works out on saturday at the senior show.
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